Houghton Lake beats Meridian in football

Published 2:20 am, Saturday, September 17, 2016

“The wheels fell off early for us and we couldn’t bounce back,” Meridian coach Mike Bilina said. “That was the whole team. Coaches, players, everything. We’re all in this together. We weren’t able to bounce back when things started to snowball.”

Brett Barriger accounted for both of the Meridian scores, the first coming on a 24-yard pass to Cole Federer in the first quarter, and the second coming on a 43-yard connection to Paul Streeter in the second quarter.

The Bobcats outgained the Mustangs 475-239 in the game.

Barriger was 9 of 21 passing for 153 yards and two TDs with two interceptions, and he also ran 10 times for 41 yards. Federer added eight rushing attempts for 33 yards, while Matt Hall had four catches for 51 yards, and Kyle Stockford caught one pass for 36 yards.